Wind deflector



Aug. 7, 1934. G, J, LANG 1,968,948

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WIND DEFLECTOR Filed Oct. 21. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @MQW ATTO RN EY Patented Aug. 7, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE wlmi DEFLEo'roR Gustave J. Lang, Longmeadow, Mass., assigner to United American Bosch Corporation, Springfield, Mass., a corporationof New York Application `October 21, 1932, Serial No. 638,898

3 Claims. (Cl. 982) This invention pertains to improvements indeopening at the side 2 of an automobile. I mount` ilectors; and'especially deflectors adapted to promy deiector by pivotally connecting it along the tect the occupants of vehicles against an uncomvertical rear edge of this window opening within fortable draft of air entering the vehicle from the space enclosed by the body of the car, so that 5 without. the window can be raised and lowered or otherwise 60 An object of the invention is to provide a deopened and shut in the usual way. The invention flector that can be mounted on an automobile, comprises a deilector member 3 in the form of .for example,and arranged to divert a current of a curved plate of celluloid, glass or other suitincoming air to the outside of the vehicle; thus ab .e material which can be transparent if desired.

permitting ample ventilation of the car without This material is pivotally mounted along one vere5 subjecting the occupants thereof tothe risk of tical edge, so that it can be moved into position taking Vcold or contracting other ailments. shown in Figs. 3 and 5, for example, when it is Another object of the invention is to `provide needed to safe-guard the occupants of the car; an air or draft deiiector of this character deor the parts can be folded into inoperative posisigned to enable it to be mounted on a closed tion, as shown in Fig. 2. When the front and 70 automobile adjacent one 'of the windows thereof rearv windows of the car are wholly or partly and adjustedwto operative or inoperative position opened a draft of air coming in at the front will as desired, without interfering with the ordinary be caught by the deflector and diverted to the construction now employed for building windows outside of. the car. instead of being allowed to into such a car and without interfering in the flow in without obstruction against the inner sur- "75 least with the operation of such windows. Y face of the back of the car and create strong cur- A further object'of this'invention is toprovide rents of air in the vehicle to blow directly upon a deflector of this type andtof compact form and the occupants. The car is thus fully ventilated restricted size, so that it will occupy little-space but the occupants of the car do not receive the and in no way restrict the carrying capacity of impact of the draft and the comfort of riding 80 the car or crowd the passengers. is in no way diminished. I prefer to use two of These and other objec and advantages are these deflectors, one at each side of the rear seat fully set forth in the ens ing description, and` 4of the car and pivotally mounted as above stated the novel features. are recited in the appended along the vertical edges of the adjacent window` claims; but the disclosure is explanatory only 0penings 85 and variations in details may 0f Course be dODt- These deilector members 3 are each mounted to ed in accordance with the spirit of the invention swing about a. vertical pivot or axis in the form and without exceeding the Scope and meanings` of a shaft 5 which is firmly secured at its upper of the broad terms in which the appended Claims and lower nds. At 6 I show a channel-shaped are expressed, strip which receives and grips the rear edge of 90 0n the drawings: the deflector plate 3 and has bearing portions 7 Fig. 1 is a Side elevation 0f deectol' CGOl'd which engage the shaft 5. The forward edgey of ing to this invention; the plate 3 is received in another channel-shaped Fis. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fis- 1. strip s and these channeued strips have perfoshowing th deeCtOI Wlth lts Darts folded t0 rated lugs 9 bent over and extending laterally 95 4Q gether when not needed for use; at their upper and lower ends to enable them F18. 3 is a View similar to F1g.'2 showing the to be fastened to a horizontal plate 10. yThere deector with its parts 1n operative position; will be several plates or leaves 10 associated with Fig. iS a diagrammatic View Showing the Parts each deflector, both at the top and bottom; and

4 for adm-stably mOUlltmg the deflectol' Proper at as the construction is the same at the upper and 100 the top and bOQOm; lower ends of each deilector, the description of Fig. 5 1s a horlzontal Section, and Fig- 6 a Perthe plates at the lower end of the defleetor, as spective view showing the method 0f mounting my shown in Figs. 2 and 3 will suilce. On these impl'ved deflect@ 0n an automobile; and figures, the lugs 9 are shown as secured to a hori- Fig. 7 shows details of construction. zontal plate 10 by means of screws; this plate 105 The same numerals identify the Same parts has one edge curved to correspond with the horithroughout. zontal curvature of the plate 3 and said edge is I shall refer first to Figs. 5 and 6 to explain bent up to provide a flange 11 which engages the the utility of my improvement. On these figures lower edge of this plate of the deflector member the numeral 1 indicates a Window pane in an 3 on the convex surface thereof. On the Opps- 110 site or concave side is a curved angle-shaped strip 12 which is attached to the upper face of the plate 10 between the lugs 9, by screws or other fastening devices, and one web of this strip 12 bears against the surface of the member 3 along the bottom thereof. The plate or member 3 is thus gripped between the flange 11 and angleshaped strip 12 and braced throughout its entire width. Thus it is secured to the top and bottom plates or leaves 1'0 in the most efficient manner.

Each plate or leaf 10 overlies similar plates. 13, one over the other and the plates 10 and 13 within the car.

cooperate with a fixed plate 14 over which they are disposed and which is secured to the rear edge of the window opening having the pane 1. The plates 13 have perforations which receive the shaft 5 to enable them to rotate about this shaft with the plate and the swinging edges ot the plates or leaves 13 are bent over to provide curved channels 15; which at the ends nearer to the deflector member 3 have projections 16; and plate 14 has a similar channel and projection. Each plate or leaf 10 also has a lug 1'1 in position to engage the projection 16 of the adjacent plate 13, which has a similar lug 18 in position to engage the projection 16 of the other plate 13; and the remaining plate 13has a similar lug in position to engage the projection 16 of the plate 14. Hence when the deflector member 3 is moved out to operative position, the plates or leaves 10 and 13 move with respect to one another, and fixed plate 14 as far as the projections 16 and lugs 17 and 18 will permit, as shown in Fig.. 3. The transverse edge of each leaf 10 remote from the shaft 5 moves in the channel provided by the edge 15 of the adjacent plate 13; and the edge 15 of this plate 13 moves in the channel provided by the corresponding edge of the other plate 13; while the edge 15 of this lastnamed plate 13 is received in the channelled edge of the plate 14. Thus the leaves or plates can be folded together one overlying another whenever the defiector is to be moved out of operative position, as shown in Fig. 2. The plates 14 have extensions 19 which are bent in vertical position and perforated to receive screws which ailx the plates 14 to the rear edge of the window opening. These portions may have bearings 20 to engage the shaft 5 between the bearings 'I on the strip 6.

The utility of the deilector will now be made clear. Whenever one of the passengers Wishes to protect himself against a draft due to open windows on his side of the car, the member 3 is moved by swinging it about the shaft 5 into the position shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 6. The projections 16 and lugs 17 and 18 limit the inward movement of the deflector member 3 and prevent it from passing beyond the position for catching the incoming current of air and turning it outward as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 5. At other times when the deilector is not needed it is simply pushed towards the window opening causing the plates or leaves 10 and 13 and the plate 3 to move into position shown in Fig. 2.

I have found this deflector to be very efficient in preventing cross currents and injurious drafts The windows can be kept open when the car is in rapid motion so as to give full ventilation and yet the occupants of the car will be so well protected that a lighted match held by the passenger in the rear seat of the car will not be extinguished. The entire deflector comprises parts that can be very easily made and put into place and cost relatively little to produce.

It will be apparent of course that when the deector plate 3 is in its operative position, the leaves 10, 13 and 14 will act as guards, so that none of the air can escape around the top and bottom edges of the deflector plate, past said guards or shields.

While I prefer to use this improvement on closed cars, it is also useful on open cars when mounted in a similar position.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A deflector having a plate, channelled strips engaging the opposite vertical edges of the plate, said strips each having laterally extending lugs at both the ends, and a horizontal plate secured to the deflector plate by fastening devices extending through said lugs, said horizontal plate extending to one side of the deflector plate.

2. A deector having a plate, channeled strips engaging the opposite vertical edges of the plate, said strips having laterally extending lugs at the ends, and a horizontal plate secured to the deilector plate by fastening devices extending through said lugs, said horizontal plate extending to one side of the deilector plate.

3. A deilector having a plate, channeled strips engaging the opposite vertical edges of the plate, said strips each having laterally extending lugs at both ends, a horizontal plate secured to the top and bottom of the deilector plate by fastening devices extending through said lugs, said horizontal plates extending to one side of the detlector plate.

GUSTAVE J. LANG. 

